A renunciant who lives his life as a mendicant. More specifically within the monastic tradition it can also mean a novice monk, who in the Tibetan Mūlasarvāstivāda monastic tradition takes thirty-six vows.

A renunciant who lives his life as a mendicant. More specifically, within the monastic tradition, it can also mean a novice monk who, in the Tibetan Mūlasarvāstivāda monastic tradition, takes thirty-six vows.

A renunciant who lives his life as a mendicant. More specifically, within the monastic tradition, it can also mean a novice monk who, in the Tibetan Mūlasarvāstivāda monastic tradition, takes thirty-six vows.

A male who has been inducted into the novitiate (Tib. dge tshul nyid du bsgrub). Male novices in the Mūlasarvāstivādin tradition take ten precepts.